TIME WILL TELL

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.  1 John 1:9

"I wish I could be a fly on the wall." Have you ever said that? It's an expression that means we would like to be a listener or an observer of an action that takes place when those involved think that we aren't within sight or earshot.

I remember way back when I was in high school, there were a handful of guys who took great joy in picking on me, or on any other guys, who weren't in the "in crowd". They were the ones who enjoyed walking near the edge; they did all of the things that I didn't do, and I guess that is why they didn't like me.

Graduation and life came, and we went our separate ways. Then, at our twentieth high school reunion, one of these past pests came up to me after I had offered the prayer before the meal. He didn't make some snide comment or pour the chip dip over my head. Instead, he boldly apologized for the way that he had treated me during high school. I have never learned the reason for the change in his attitude. I hope that the Lord had reached him and changed his rebellious heart. Whatever the cause, I would love to have been that fly on the wall when it happened.

It seems that our conscience can be restored even after it is gone. Like Christ resurrecting the dead, a man who has no care about others can be given a sensitive heart. He can be allowed to live in the light. I wonder how many enemies I will one day greet in heaven whom Jesus likewise redeemed; will this apology be part of the judgment seat, or the Great White Throne? If so, I don't think there will be a fly on the wall. In the meantime, we had better learn to love our enemies.

Davy L. Troxel